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13-letter words containing a, n, o, r, e

  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
  • autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
  • bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
  • baker's dozen — thirteen
  • baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
  • balloon frame — a wooden building frame composed of machine-sawed scantlings fastened with nails, having studs rising the full height of the frame with the joists nailed to the studs and supported by sills or by ribbons let into the studs.
  • balloon-berry — strawberry-raspberry.
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
  • banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
  • barbarousness — The state or quality of being barbarous.
  • bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • barnacle code — (programming, humour)   Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
  • baron of beef — a cut of beef consisting of a double sirloin joined at the backbone
  • baroque organ — a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the baroque period at the time of J. S. Bach.
  • baryon number — the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
  • bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
  • batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • bearing sword — a large sword carried for its owner by a squire or servant because of its size.
  • bed and board — sleeping accommodation and meals
  • benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
  • benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
  • beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
  • beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
  • bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
  • bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
  • binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blanketflower — a hardy flowering plant, Gaillardia aristata, that grows in the US
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